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Danica McKellar, best known for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, graduated summa cum laude in mathematics from UCLA, where she co-wrote a groundbreaking mathematical physics theorem, published in Britain-'s esteemed Journal of Physics. She has spoken before Congress about the importance of women in math and continues to be an outspoken advocate for math education.

Acknowledgments

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Math Used to Totally Suck

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FAQs: How to Use This Book

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Factors and Multiples Don't Suck

How to Make a Killing on eBay: Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization

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Do You Still Have a Crush on Him? ON THE COVER!: Finding the Greatest Common Factor (GCF)

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You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes: Multiples and the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM)

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Are You a Mathophobe? ON THE COVER!

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Fractions Don't Suck

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pizza but Were Afraid to Ask: Introduction to Fractions and Mixed Numbers

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How Many Iced Lattes Can These Actors Drink?: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions... and Reciprocals

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When to Seriously Stop Raiding the Refrigerator: Equivalent Fractions and Reducing Fractions

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Is Your Sister Trying to Cheat You Out of Your Fair Share?: Comparing Fractions

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How Much Do You and Your Best Friend Have in Common?: Common Denominators... and Adding and Subtracting Fractions

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Choosing the Perfect Necklace: Complex Fractions

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Do You Have Trouble Focusing-Or Are You a "Focus Superstar"?

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Decimals Don't Suck

What Every Savvy Shopper Should Know: All About Decimals

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Why Calculators Would Make Terrible Boyfriends: Converting Fractions and Mixed Numbers to Decimals

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How to Entertain Yourself While Babysitting a Devil Child: Converting Decimals to Fractions

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What's Your Math Horoscope?: ON THE COVER! See What the Stars Say About You and Math!

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Percents Join the Party... and They Don't Suck, Either

Sale of the Century!: Converting Percents to and from Decimals and Fractions

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A Choreographed Performance: Mixing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Together

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Word Problems Don't Suck

The Universal Language of Love... and Math: Introduction to Word Problems and "Percent Of"/"Percent Off"

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Does She Ever Get Off the Phone?: Ratios

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The Perks of a Southern Drawl: Rates and Unit Rates

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Filmmaker Extraordinaire!: Proportions

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Are You Drinking Enough Water?: Unit Conversions

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What's Your Learning Style?

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Even Algebra Doesn't Suck

Who's the Cute New Foreign Exchange Student?: Introduction to "Solving for x"